Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards
Study tip (Ask, answer, flip): Front: the question or cue (“Capital of Kerala?”). Back: the answer (“Thiruvananthapuram”). Good habits: one fact per card, answer first then flip, shuffle the deck, more practice on misses, make your own cards. Poor habits: a whole page per card, flipping straight away, the same order always, only the easy cards.
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- 1.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) 56 (d) What do roots do?
- 2.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 3.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) take in water (c) modern (d) Plural of “mouse”?
- 5.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the cards you missed (c) the prettiest ones (d) the newest only
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) reading both sides
- 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) more practice on misses (c) never testing yourself (d) flipping straight away
- 8.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
- 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
- 10.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to lose some (c) so order gives no clue (d) to finish faster
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) reading both sides
- 13.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) answer first, then flip (c) only the easy cards (d) a whole page per card
- 14.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it saves cards (c) it is faster (d) it is active recall
- 15.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) reading both sides (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
- 16.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they look nicer (c) you think as you write (d) they are cheaper
- 17.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) What do roots do? (d) take in water
- 18.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 20.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) hide it for a month (c) never use it again (d) see it again sooner
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) only the easy cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) only the easy cards (c) the same order always (d) reading both sides
- 23.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
- 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) mice (c) 56 (d) Formula for speed?
- 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 28.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) the same order always (d) shuffling the deck
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) flipping straight away (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) the same order always (d) making your own cards
- 31.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) take in water (d) modern
- 32.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 33.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Formula for speed? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 34.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 37.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) only the easy cards (d) one fact per card
- 38.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) the same order always (c) never testing yourself (d) a whole page per card
- 39.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 56
- the front
- False
- Plural of “mouse”?
- the cards you missed
- answer first, then flip
- more practice on misses
- a whole page per card
- the back
- True
- so order gives no clue
- one fact per card
- answer first, then flip
- it is active recall
- one fact per card
- you think as you write
- take in water
- False
- the front
- see it again sooner
- shuffling the deck
- a question on the front
- True
- a good flashcard habit
- the back
- Formula for speed?
- a good flashcard habit
- the same order always
- more practice on misses
- making your own cards
- 7 × 8 = ?
- a good flashcard habit
- distance ÷ time
- False
- a poor flashcard habit
- a good flashcard habit
- only the easy cards
- making your own cards
- True
- False
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